who gives way in this very hypothetical scenario?

seems pretty self explanatory to me but clearly someone hasn’t got the message

honestly if u are going to talk non-stop on the phone for over 30 mins at the max volume possible during peak hour and say things like ‘nah mate dont go yet i need some entertainment on the way home’, might as well put the phone on speaker so we can all get properly entertained. 😭😭😭😭 this man was the only noise in the train apart from the train itself and I can’t believe u can be so inconsiderate in a full train. 😭😭 I understand talking but atleast be mindful? Being so noisy and then talking anywhere from ‘oh he’s finally showering’ to ‘nah that club feels like netanyahu’s club’ honestly made me wanna jump out of the train. Maybe I am overreacting but you are a fully grown man not being mindful of shared public space during peak hour🫩. if anyone was on the last carriage of the 5:25 train to werribee, u would how that whole ride was.

Taken by Weston Langford on January 3rd 1973

I got the email and it seems simple enough but has anyone been able to link their credit card to a concession? I found the website Link your concession to contactless payments - Transport Victoria but it doesn't work. The only thing you can do is check your past trips.

Through travelling, I found lots of European towns now utilise a fleet of small electric buses rather than large traditional buses.

This got me thinking: as an outer suburb resident, a few issues I have with the existing bus routes:
- They run every 20 minutes while the trains run every 10 minutes.
- Diesel buses are loud.
- I never see more than 20 people on a bus, even during peak hours.
- Only a few bus routes available.
- Noisy in the residential areas.
- Electric buses cost about 1 million each and we are yet to see any on our routes.

Will it be better to replace the low patronage, train station feeder routes (not arterial or inner suburban routes) with smaller electric buses, and doubling the frequency? I use the Yutong E7S as an example for comparison with a Volgren Optimus:

- Lower capex per bus: A small electric bus cost much less than a large diesel bus, and significantly less than a large electric bus. Gemini’s estimate is 1/2 of a standard diesel bus cost or 1/3 of a standard electric bus cost.

Edit: as many pointed out, drivers wage is a the largest part of the running cost, but so is the cost of borrowing.

Vic Gov 15-year bond is at 6.35% interest rate.
Assuming an electric full size bus is $1 million, a small electric bus at $300k: $1m borrowed over 15 years becomes $1.55m, and $300k borrowed over 15 years becomes $466k.

The gap in total cost is $1.087m, or $72.5k per annum over 15 years. This leaves a lot of room to improve staffing.

- Lower opex per bus: small electric buses don’t consume the expensive diesel, much lower cost of servicing & tyres.
- Thus more buses can be purchased and more drivers can be hired on a similar budget.
- Smaller buses are easier to drive for the drivers.
- E7S as an example, requires exactly half of a standard bus’s parking lot size. Less real estate needed for bus depots.
- Our local bus routes are 5-10km each way, and range is not a concern.
- Less wear and tear on the roads as they are 3/5 of a standard diesel bus’s tare weight.
- Quicker to accelerate and decelerate, fewer collisions with parked cars on narrow streets
- Smaller turning circle & less restricted bus routes
- Less noise and no idling noises. Electric depots can be placed closer to residential areas where they need to be, rather than industrial areas.

Pretty bad damage on drivers front side, looks more shredded and bent in person.

Judging by accident positions and what a copper told me, I’m willing to bet a car was travelling Eastbound down Vic Pde and ran a turn in front of an Eastbound 109 tram that had a green. Tram slammed through the catenary pole. Would’ve thrown passengers real hard I imagine.

always seen them come past sunshine sometimes, but they're so fast i usually never can get a pic of them!! this made my morning

hey gang, just a heads up! look at this big lopsided man.

Where is every level crossing within a roundabout in Victoria? Freight rail included, ty

Taken by Tyrone Maxwell on September 5th 2015, in the photo B75, T386 and T385 are hauling 13 diesels locomotives being T388, H5, P22, T399, H2, P23, P21, P19, T402, H3, Y119, Y171 and Y174

I’m hoping to catch it

If siding capacity was reduced it would force metro to run services more often. Could also run services 24/7, much like how our road traffic lights run all day every day.

Clip taken from Dash Cam Owners Australia on YouTube.

Still happens time to time

If the government decided they wanted to completely max out the Metro Tunnel, without cutting v/line services, what would the maximum capacity/frequency be?

So I was driving to work earlier and on my drive there I had to go down a highway and there was a car in front of me that suddenly started indicating left and pulled into one of the bus stops on the highway, which I’ve never seen anyone do before. I just kept on driving to work, and because I don’t know the person I didn’t recognise the number plate, so I never will know why they made that decision but I suspect it was because they were probably lost and stopped somewhere to check for directions

This made me think to myself though, imagine if that bus stop had a bunch of people at it and their bus was running late and the first thought from the people waiting would be “hey can you give us a lift”, and just followed the bus route for the whole day picking people up and taking them to the bus stops so they get there early. It could actually work

Obviously there’s a huge 21st century elephant in the room being children, and how if a random person was to rock up at the bus stop and offer a bunch of kids a lift to school that would be stranger danger and look terribly suss, so not worth taking that risk even if you hold a current Working with Children Check, but for adults during the day I reckon it would be a fun one off idea

On October 13th 2002 K183 was transporting a wedding party to Benalla on the Oaklands Line when a semi truck crossed the Saleyards Road Level Crossing and the train crashed into semi-truck, 3 people were killed that day, 2 steamrail drivers and a steamrail volunteer. K183 was stored for 18 years wrecked, but was restored in 2020 by Steamrail Victoria to run again

Video to the right and go to 3:26 for better explanation : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDWC0RtccEM

what trench stations do you think needs an upgrade like Boronia? before the level crossing removal projects.

Currently on Cranbourne-bound train and train stopped short at Murrumbeena. First time seeing some pretty interesting PIDs, surprised they actually do recognize which door is stopped short of platform and not.

Very random that that is the only station being skipped from Malvern to Dandenong on this service.